Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned the latest decisions made by the United States Supreme Court in an interview offered to CNN this Sunday, according to The Hill news portal.
During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Ocasio-Cortez warned that without a balance of power, “we will begin to see an anti-democratic and, to be frank, dangerously authoritarian expansion of power on the Court.” Supreme“.
This past week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued legal opinions that affected the affirmative action programs in college admissions of the country’s higher educational institutions.
In this way, it was ordered that universities and colleges should not consider race as a point to take into account in the evaluations for new students. Specialists have warned that this could affect communities of color in the US, including Latinos.
Likewise, last Friday, June 30, the Supreme Court blocked the plan of US President Joe Biden to forgive student debts. The court argued, in this case, that the Biden administration had no right to approve this measure.
Finally, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Christian web designer who refused to create internet pages to celebrate weddings of people from the LGBTIQ+ community.
This decision, according to experts consulted by CNN, could have a long-term impact on minority groups, as it would give businesses the power to exercise their right to free expression despite the existence of anti-discrimination laws in the US. .
In addition to these cases, Ocasio-Cortez also referred to the decision to annul the historic ruling of Roe V. Wade, which guaranteed the right to abortion in the US since 1973.
“This is what we are seeing now. From the annulment of abortion rights, to the ruling that discriminates and strips the LGBTQ population in the United States of their dignity and personality… These are the rulings that point a dangerous path towards authoritarianism and the centralization of power in the court,” said the New York congresswoman.
Ocasio-Cortez warned that politics must focus, at this time, on the Supreme Court and on what he defined as “the abuse of power” by this historic institution.
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